# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Diamond Plastics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017087422` · 8/4/2017 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Diamond Plastics Corporation
- **Location:** 2323 Marshall Street, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79415
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating forklift to raise and move a pump into a building when the pump began to swing. The employee asked a coworker to stabilize the swinging pump. When he touched it, he stated he received a shock. The employee then exited the forklift and touched the pump, receiving a severe electrical shock.

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